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Edward M.

Edward M.

Joined on 03/30/15

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

Pros: I'm impressed, I installed this cooler on my Intel i7-4790K processor. On the low fan speed the idle temps for my processor using Real Temp 3.70 are in the upper 20C area, when gaming they hit the upper 30C area, occasionally the lower 40C area. I used arctic ARCTIC MX4 thermal compound and also have a case with awesome air flow, I'm sure that helped.

Cons: None so far.

Most Critical Review

Not a recommened DVD drive

New LG Internal SATA 24x DVD CD +/-R & RW DL Disc Burner Re-Writer Drive - OEM Bulk
New LG Internal SATA 24x DVD CD +/-R & RW DL Disc Burner Re-Writer Drive - OEM Bulk

Pros: It worked, but not well.

Cons: It was loud, slow and sometimes would not spin up the disk. I do not recommend this drive.

Wrong DVD drive

LG GH24NS95B DVD Rewriter 24X Speed w/ M-Disc + Nero12 + SATA Cable Kit
LG GH24NS95B DVD Rewriter 24X Speed w/ M-Disc + Nero12 + SATA Cable Kit

Pros: I don't know, PlatinumMicro.com sent me the wrong DVD drive. The one they sent me was the LG-GH24NSC0B. It was loud, slow and sometimes would not spin up the disk. I do not recommend this drive.

Cons: Sent me the wrong drive and PlatinumMicro.com so far has not refunded my money. I would not recommend them for any purchases.

Nice

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GS 220-GS-0850-V1 80+ GOLD 850W Fully Modular EVGA ECO Mode Includes FREE Power On Self Tester Power Supply
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GS 220-GS-0850-V1 80+ GOLD 850W Fully Modular EVGA ECO Mode Includes FREE Power On Self Tester Power Supply

Pros: So far a great power supply, very stable and very quite. Lots of cables that are plenty long enough and an eco mode switch were the fan does not come on until a 20% load is applied. Also comes with felcro wire ties, nice. This unit replaced a Corsair HX 850W which worked great but had a very annoying constant electrical whine which got louder under load. I highly recommend this eVGA unit.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Well update this review if anything changes.

Gigabyte

GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SLI LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SLI LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: I've owned Gigabyte boards before and have always had good luck with them. Very stable board and has a very nice bios interface. Cool red LED lights the lower portion of board near the audio chip.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: The board is a bit narrow and the memory slot closest the CPU when loaded with a tall high performance memory module might interfere with the CPU cooler. So I installed a ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED 92mm which fit perfectly and cools the CPU very well and is very quite on the lowest setting. On the highest setting the fan is a little loud.